Gielsdorf (Alfter)

Gielsdorf municipality Alfter Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  E
Area :	4.1 km²
Residents :	1966  (26 Sep 2016)
Population density :	480 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53347
Area code :	0228
Location of Gielsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia
View of Gielsdorf

Parish Church of St. James

House Gielsdorf

Gielsdorf is a village in the municipality of Alfter in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 Gielsdorf was an independent municipality of the Duisdorf office in what was then the district of Bonn .

geography

Gielsdorf is about a kilometer southeast of the center of Alfter (place) on the slope of the foothills . In the south, Gielsdorf has grown together with Oedekoven . The former municipality of Gielsdorf had an area of ​​4.10 km².

history

Since the 19th century Gielsdorf was a rural community in the mayor's office Oedekoven (from 1928 Amt Oedekoven , from 1937 Amt Duisdorf ) in the district of Bonn. On August 1, 1969, the municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Alfter by the Bonn Act .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1843	380
1871	397
1885	368
1910	440
1925	524
1939	629
1946	758
1967	958
2016	1966

Architectural monuments

The following buildings are listed in Gielsdorf :

• the parish church of St. James and its rectory
• the old water tower
• House Gielsdorf in Blechgasse 1
• the former Zehnthof in Blechgasse 3
• the former Stadthalterhof at Kirchgasse 66
• the wineries at Kirchgasse 81, Kirchgasse 86 and Prinzgasse 1
• the Annastift in Blechgasse 4
• the old school building at Brunnenstrasse 44 and
• the half-timbered houses Am Junker 3, Am Junker 5, Kirchgasse 51, Kirchgasse 52, Kirchgasse 60, Kirchgasse 84, Kirchgasse 94, Prinzgasse 2, Prinzgasse 3, Prinzgasse 4 and Prinzgasse 10

Club life

There are several clubs in Gielsdorf:

• "Dress Sprinkles"
• Bachelor club "Gemütlichkeit Gielsdorf"
• Gielsdorf Music Association
• the carnival association “Gielsdorfer Möhnen”
• Gielsdorf village community center sponsoring association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} community structure. Alfter community, September 26, 2016, accessed October 1, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Community dictionary of the Rhine Province 1930
3. ↑ ^{a b} GenWiki Gielsdorf
4. ↑ 1871 census
5. ↑ Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
6. ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 . 
7. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. bonn.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
8. ↑ 1946 census
9. ^ Associations in Gielsdorf